Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley
Amazon Echo 2 Picture Gallery
We’ve taken many pictures of the Amazon Alexa Echo Generation 2 smart speaker, its accessories, and the original package, for the many posts we’re writing about this device. We’ve put all those photos in one place here in our Amazon Echo 2 picture gallery, for quick viewing and browsing.
Echo Gen 2 Speaker Packaging Pictures
Outer Box in Plastic Bag
The box just after receiving in the mail. Still wrapped in plastic. Plus, they put this box an a larger, brown box with lost of padding inside. Careful shipping.
Happy to Tear Into It
Amazon Echo 2 Picture Gallery: There’s Much Speaker Info on the Outside of the Box
Take the time to read through what’s printed on the outside of the carton. Much stuff here that you won’t find in the enclosed pamphlets.
Amazon Echo 2 Picture Gallery: Images of Opening the Package
Make sure you really want the speaker before opening it. No easy to re seal it once you tear through the tape.
Top of Box Open, Showing Inner Packing
Amazon Alexa Photos of Lifting Speaker out of Box
Lifting speaker out of box by pulling on the tab, shown next, while holding box with other hand.
It’s coming! It’s coming!
The speaker still in inner package but taken out of the outer box.
Image of the 2nd Alexa Echo Speaker Side, Still in the Inner Packing
Echo 2 images of this speaker taken out of all packaging except the plastic sleeve and button and port covers.
Taking plastic off of speaker bottom.
Took the Alexa out of the round plastic sleeve.
Picture of an Alexa Totally Unpacked
The 2nd Gen version of the Echo speaker is somewhat smaller than the first gen version. Not as tall. Plus, it has a bit more bass, and has different power needs. So the AC cords you cannot swap between these two versions.
Amazon Echo 2 Picture Gallery: Unpacking the AC Adapter
Find the power cord in the carton underneath the speaker, as shown next.
Pictures of Gen 2 Echo Speaker Accessories
Generation Two Echo Power Supply Pictures
The label side.
The Amazon logo side.
The DC Output Plug Details
Shows the length of the DC output plug.
Shows the width of the DC output plug.
Amazon Echo 2 Picture Gallery: Shots of the Generation Two Echo Alexa Speaker
The Ports
The power port is on the left, and the covered AUX port is on the right.
AC Adapter Plugged into the Echo 2
Easily goes into the speaker. But don’t push too hard, lest you damage the port.
Booting the Amazon Echo 2 Speaker Pictures
The blue and green light ring during boot. It shows a spinning pattern.
The orange light ring. Stays ON while the speaker is in set up mode. But it goes out after a minute or so, when setup timeout happens. If this occurs, put the speaker back into setup by turning it OFF than back ON again.
Speaker is ON but in standby. Ring not glowing at all.
Press these buttons at the same time to reset the Echo 2. You would reset when switching the speaker to new WiFi, or when you give it away or sell it.
Speaker booting. Takes twenty or so seconds for the blue ring to go out. It flashes twice tho show that booting is done.